Category: Blogging

WordPress Campus Connect Expands

WordPress Campus Connect Expands
WordPress Campus Connect, initially launched in October 2024 as a pilot program, has now been formally established as an official event series due to its resounding success. The inaugural program, spearheaded by myself, Anand Upadhyay, garnered immense enthusiasm from 400 Indian students who were eager to engage in hands-on WordPress training. WordPress Campus Connect transcends the conventional workshop model by fostering a holistic learning community. It couples on-campus event learning with a diverse range of post-event activities, including meetups, website...

WordPress 6.8.1 Maintenance Release

WordPress 6.8.1 Maintenance Release
WordPress 6.8.1 is now available! This minor release includes fixes for 15 bugs throughout Core and the Block Editor addressing issues affecting multiple areas of WordPress including the block editor, multisite, and REST API. For a full list of bug fixes, please refer to the release candidate announcement. WordPress 6.8.1 is a short-cycle maintenance release. More maintenance releases will be made available throughout 2025. If you have sites that support automatic background updates, the update process will begin automatically. You...

WordPress Jubilee

WordPress Jubilee
As I said, we’re dropping all the human blocks. Community guidelines, directory guidelines, and such will need to be followed going forward, but whatever blocks were in place before are now cleared. It may take a few days, but any pre-existing blocks are considered bugs to be fixed.Source: https://wordpress.org/news/2025/04/jubilee/

Connect any AI API with custom endpoints in CyberSEO Pro

Connect any AI API with custom endpoints in CyberSEO Pro
In version 12, the CyberSEO Pro plugin introduces a major enhancement to AI integration – full support for custom AI endpoints and a much improved unified engine format. These features are also available in the plugin’s lightweight counterpart, RSS Retriever, making both tools more powerful and flexible than ever before. While the engine parameter previously existed in the [gpt_article] shortcode with a limited set of fixed values, it’s now available throughout the entire plugin – including the UI – and...

WordPress 6.8 “Cecil”

WordPress 6.8 “Cecil”
Each WordPress release celebrates an artist who has left an indelible mark on music.  WordPress 6.8, code-named “Cecil,” honors the legendary pianist and jazz pioneer Cecil Taylor. Classically trained yet relentlessly unconventional, Taylor reimagined the piano as a percussive instrument—layering tone clusters, polyphony, and rhythm into a sound both chaotic and precise. His music defied expectation, finding form in disorder and harmony in dissonance. That same spirit drives WordPress 6.8. Embrace its bold new features with the same curiosity and...

WordCamp Europe 2025: Sali, Basel!

WordCamp Europe 2025: Sali, Basel!
WordCamp Europe 2025 will be held in gorgeous Basel, Switzerland, from June 5 to 7. It will bring together open source enthusiasts, developers, and WordPress professionals from across the region—and the world! This year’s event offers fresh perspectives, engaging conversations, and countless opportunities to connect with the WordPress community, agencies, and innovators over three action-packed days of learning, networking, and collaboration. Tickets are limited—secure yours today! Get your ticket now Keynotes, panels, and deep dives The main conference, which will...

WordPress 6.8 Release Candidate 3

WordPress 6.8 Release Candidate 3
The third release candidate (“RC3”) for WordPress 6.8 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is under development.  Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites.  Instead, it’s recommended that you evaluate RC3 on a test server and site. Reaching this phase of the release cycle is an important milestone.  While release candidates are considered ready for release, testing remains crucial to ensure that everything in WordPress...

Choosing the right AI model for autoblogging

Choosing the right AI model for autoblogging
Not all AI models are created equal, especially when it comes to autoblogging with tools like CyberSEO Pro, RSS Retriever, and AI Autoblogger. Whether you’re generating articles from scratch, rewriting imported content, or scaling a content farm, choosing the right model can make or break your workflow. Here’s a no-nonsense breakdown of the best options out there and when to use them. Model Style Speed SEO-Friendly Best For Price (approx)/million GPT-4o Neutral, structured, high quality Reviews, health, how-to, general content...

WordPress 6.8 Release Candidate 2

WordPress 6.8 Release Candidate 2
The second Release Candidate (“RC2”) for WordPress 6.8 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it’s recommended that you evaluate RC2 on a test server and site. Reaching this phase of the release cycle is an important milestone. While release candidates are considered ready for release, testing remains crucial to ensure that everything in WordPress...

WordPress 6.8 Release Candidate 1

WordPress 6.8 Release Candidate 1
The first Release Candidate (“RC1”) for WordPress 6.8 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is under development.  Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites.  Instead, it’s recommended that you evaluate RC1 on a test server and site. Reaching this phase of the release cycle is an important milestone.  While release candidates are considered ready for release, testing remains crucial to ensure that everything in WordPress...